megaton

English

Etymology

metric prefix mega- +‎ ton

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈmɛɡəˌtʌn/

Noun

megaton (plural megatons)

1. A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many million tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.

Translations

unit of measure

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 兆噸 (cmn), 兆吨 (cmn) (zhàodūn)

• Finnish: megatonni (fi)
• French: mégatonne (fr) f
• German: Megatonne (de) f

• Italian: megaton (it) m, megatone (it) m
• Japanese: メガトン (ja) (megaton)
• Korean: 메가톤 (ko) (megaton)
• Russian: мегатонна (ru) (megatónna) f 
• Vietnamese: triệu tấn (vi)

Related terms

• kiloton
• megatonnage

Anagrams

• magneto
• Matengo
• montage

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Italian

Etymology

English mega- +‎ ton

Noun

megaton m (invariable)

1. megaton